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FABRIC TURPING IMPLEMENT. No. 334,915 Patented Jan. 26, 1886.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES Parent Urrrcn.

JOHN WVJVVEDDEL, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO HOWVARD M. PETTENGILL, OF SAME PLACE.

FABRlC-TURFING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,915, dated January 216, 1886.

Application filed May 14, 1855. Serial No. 165,505. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN W. VVEDDEL,, of b that presses the needle-bar outward-that Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of is, toward the opposite part, A. The needle- I Ohio, have invented certain new and useful bar has an offset at d, forming an incline, and

Improvements in Fabric-Turfing Implements; a set-screw, d, is screwed through the part A,

and I do hereby declare the following to be a to engage this incline and force the needle full, clear, and exact description of the invenbar toward the spring b"that is, away from tion', such as will enable others skilled in the the part Awhen the needle is drawn in the art to which it pertains to make and use the direction away from the work. The lower end TO same. of the part B has along slot, 11 through which My invention relates to improvements in passes the screw 6, that adjustablysecuresthe fabric-turfiug implements, the object being to part E, that forms a stop to engage the work provide a vibrating needle operated in one diand limit the advance of the needle through rection by a spring and in the opposite dithe fabric. This part E has loops 6, that em- 15 rection by an incline and abutment-screw, to brace the needle and give it lateral support. the end'that the vibrating of the needle auto These loops are of suitable length, so that the matically feeds the device and gives the re needle may vibrate between them a sufficient quircd length of stitch, longer or shorter, acdistance to form any length of stitch required. cording to the adjustment of the abutment- The thread may pass out laterally through 20 screw. either one ofthese loops, and whichever loop My invention also relates to the details of is used serves, when so used, as athread guide. construction hereinafter described, and point The lower end of the part A terminates in the ed outin the claims. blunt end A, that also engages the work and In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a limits the advance of the loop retainer F.

25 view in perspective of my improved imple This part F lies along in the grr-ove a and is ment. Figs. 2 and 3 are side elevations showsecured by the settscrew a. and the loop'rer ing different working positions of the same. tainer is therefore adjustable endwise. This Figs. 4 and 5 are views in perspective, rrloopietainer is preferablyhalfround in crossspectively, of the parts B and A. Fig. 6is an section, having its flat side next the needle.

30 elevation of a modified HEOdiQ-bill" and detach- The loopretainer is designed to beinflexible, 8o able needle. Fig. Tis a view in perspective and the form (halfiround) serves this purpose of the adjustable stop E, that is connected well, and is not liable to cut the fabric. A with the part B. Fig. 8 is a view in transnotch,f, is provided on the end for engaging verse section of the needle and loop retainer. the thread or yarn.

5 A and B are metal pieces that form the The needle G is substantially an ordinary frame-work of the device. The part A has sewing-machine needle on a large scale, havlugs a, set in pairs, and a flange, a, at the up ing an eye, 9, near the point, and grooves g on per end, and the lugs and flange are pierced opposite sides, for partially inclosing the for receiving the parallel rods 0, that form thread as it passes through the work. The

0 ways for the other half of the device to slide parts A and B each have loops H and H, for 0 upon. The part B has lugs b and I), set in securing the handles K. These handles at is pairs and pierced to slide on the rods 0. When are reduced in size to pass through the loop H the parts are assembled, as shown in Figs. 1, until the larger end of the handles is between 2, and 3, in operating the device, the lugs of the loops. The handles are then drawn end- 4 5 the two parts abut together and form stops wise, the loop H entering a notch in the hanthat limit the movement of the parts in either dle, thus securing the latter, after which a direction. Between the lugs b is pivoted the tack, h, is driven into the wood, that prevents needle-bar D, that also passes between the the handles from moving endwise. These lugs b, that form lateral guides or steady-pins loops are cast upon the respective parts A 50 for the bar. The inner faces of the lugs 12 are and B, and add nothing to the cost, and save the expense of screws for attaching the handles.

In operating the device the part E is adjusted lengthwise on the part B until the needle-point protrudes beyond the loops 6' more or less, according to the length of the loop in the thread or yarn that it is desired to form on the work. Next the bottompf the loop 6 and the end A are brought in line, and the loop-retainer is set so as to reach to near the lower end of the needle-eye. The thread is passed laterally and from the outside through one of the loops e, and down between these loops and through the eye of the needle.

In the position shown in Fig. 3 the needle is pressed through the fabric until the latter is engaged by the part E. Next the part A is advanced, the loop-retainer passing through the fabric by the side of the needle, and the notchf engagingthe thread at the needle-eye, just as the part A engages the fabric. The part .B is then drawn back. withdrawing the needle frorgA-he-fabric, the loop in the thread meantime eing held by the loop-retainer in the position where the needle left it. As the needle leaves the fabric, the incline d engages tl e abutmetitscrew d and swings the needle away from theloop-retainer. (See Fig. 2.) The latter being in the fabric is at the time stationary. As the needle is again advanced, it pierces the fabric the required distance in advance of the loop-retainer to form a stitch, longer or shorter, according to the adjustment of the abutment-screw d. As the part E again engages the fabric, the loop-retainer is withdrawn,and as itleavesthe fabricthe action of the spring b brings the loop-retainer again bytheside of the needle. The feed, therefore,

. is automatic and regular, and requires no effort or careon the part of the, operator.

As shown in Figs 1, 2. and 3, the needle G- is made on the end of the needle-bar D. This construction is cheap and answers-a Very good purpose, providing but one size of needle is required, otherwise a socket (shown in Fig. 6) is provided on the end of the needle-bar to receive the shanks of interchangeable needles, the same as in sewing-machines.

Instead of pivoting the upper end of the needle'bar, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the bar at D (see Fig. 6) may be made thin, to serve as a spring, and the upper end of the needle-bar may be rigidly attached to the part B. In such case the spring b could be dispensed with, as the spring D would perform the same function. There is not much difference in the cost of these two constructions of the needle-bar, and either will operate well; also, it is not essential to offset the needle-bar to form the inclined, as a separate piece may be employed for this purpose and secured either to the needle-bar or to the part A, and if to thelatter the abutment-screw would pass through the needle-bar.

What I claim is- 1. The combination, with a loop-retainer and a spring-actuated vibrating needle arranged to be reciprocated endwise alternately, of an incline or cam secured to the needle, and an abutment-screw, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with two handles, a loop-retainer secured to one handle, and a needle pivotally secured to the other handle, the said needle and retainer arranged to be reciprocated endwise alternately, of an incline and abutment-screw, and a spring arranged to alternately separate and bring together the needle and loop-retainer, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the parts A and B,-having loops H H, and a needle and loopretainer respectively secured to said parts, of the handles secured to said loops, snbstantiall y as set forth.

4. The combination, with the part A, provided with the lugs a and flange a, of the parallel rods 0, the partB, provided with the lugs b and b, the lugs of the respective parts arranged the one set to support the parallel rod 0, and the other set arranged to slide thereon, and the two sets of lugs arranged to abut against each other and form stops to limit the movement of the two halves of the device in both directions, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the part A, the parallel rods secured thereto, and the adjustable loop-retainer, of the part B, adapted to slide on said rods, the needle, and the stop E, all of the above parts combined and operating substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 7th day of May, 1885.

JOHN \V. WEDDEL.

WVitnesses: ERSKINE H. POTTER, J AMES'AUSTIN, J r. 

